In his election night victory speech, Shomari Figures recalls standing in May in a Senate committee hearing room that bears his father's name, pleading with the Alabama legislature "to not do what they ultimately did." He says he spoke as "the little brother asking the big brother to do the right thing," and tells the Montgomery crowd that tonight "we made that point loud, we made it clear."
The receipt
- Who
- Shomari Figures
- Where
- rally - election night, Montgomery, Alabama
- Original footage
- WSFA 12 News · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 61 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 61 on Instagram
Read the transcript
And back in May, I stood in a Senate committee hearing room that bears my father's name. And I pleaded with the state legislature to not do what they ultimately did. In fact, I think the words that I said were that I stand here not to embarrass you, not even to shame you, but I stand here as the little brother asking the big brother to do the right thing. And we know what they did, but as anyone who has ever been part of a sibling relationship knows, that at some point, someday, whether by deed or by action, you make the point that we ain't kids anymore. And Montgomery tonight we made that point loud, we made it clear,
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.